Myotis siligorensis (Horsfield, 1855)

Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu & John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, PLoS ONE 12 (7), pp. 1-65 : 54-55

Myotis siligorensis [Horsfield, 1855]

Vespertilio siligorensis Horsfield, 1855: 102 ; Siligori , NEPAL (Brian Houghton Hodgson, collector; Type unknown) [ 221].

Myotis siligorensis [ 23].

Common English name: Small-toothed Myotis

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as M. siligorensis are associated with five BINs, BOLD: AAA 9718, BOLD: AAA 9719, BOLD: AAA 9720, BOLD: AAA 9721, and BOLD: ACF1046, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

Remarks: Our NJ analysis suggested that M. siligorensis may be a species complex (S10 Fig). Simmons [ 98] recognised four subspecies: M. s. siligorensis (type locality: Nepal), M. s. sowerbyi

(type locality: China), M. s. alticraniatus (type locality: Vietnam) and M. s. thaianus (type locality: Thailand). Whether the five BINs correspond to the described subspecies remains to be determined .

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11, 41], Cheras Cave [ 23], Tasik Chini [ 43], Kuantan [ 140]; Perlis: Wang Kelian State Park [ 50]; Kedah: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [ 57].

M. siligorensis has been recorded roosting in rock crevices and fissures in caves, often in small colonies at forest edges, in primary and secondary forests [ 14, 23]. Individuals have been recorded foraging near street lights at research station [ 11].